Jury rules against Elon Musk in case against OpenAI
Key takeaways
- Elon Musk took on Sam Altman, accusing him of betraying Open AI's original nonprofit mission.
- The jury, which deliberated only two hours before returning its verdict, served in an advisory role, saying that Musk missed the deadline for the statute of limitations.
- Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers accepted the nine-person jury's unanimous verdict, dismissing Musk's claims.
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Elon Musk took on Sam Altman, accusing him of betraying Open AI's original nonprofit mission.
https://p.dw.com/p/5Dw PXThe trial had pitted Elon Musk, the world's richest man, against AI giant Open AI co-founder and CEO Sam Altman Image: Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo/dpa/picture alliance Advertisement A US federal jury ruled Monday that Elon Musk waited too long to sue Open AI and its co-founders handing a decisive win to Open AI CEO Sam Altman.
In the civil lawsuit being tried in a federal court in Oakland, California, Musk accuses Altman, OpenAI president Greg Brockman and the company itself of abandoning its original mission to benefit humanity and instead becoming a for-profit corporation.